March 17, 2011

'No Waste' Flying Geese tutorial

I'm getting ready to teach another
 Farmer's Wife Sampler class. 
 I am teaching the
'No Waste' Flying Geese method used in many of the blocks this month.

Cut a square the finished measurement of the long edge of the geese triangle plus 1-1/4".
For the 'triangles' cut 4 squares the finish measurement of the triangle edge plus 7/8".
Mark a diagonal line corner to corner on 4 of the 'triangle squares'
place two of the marked squares right sides together in opposite corners of your Flying Geese square with the marked line running diagonally as shown.
stitch 1/4" on either side of the drawn line

 cut on drawn line to create two units
 press seams towards small triangles
 place a 'triangle square' in the tip of a 3 triangle unit as shown
 stitch 1/4" on either side of the drawn line
 cut apart on the drawn line
 do this with both sections to create
 4 Flying Geese units

Of course, you can stick to the traditional method for Flying Geese using corner triangles, but the
 'no waste' method is great!

2 comments:

  1. Now that is so neat....never saw it done that way...thank you.....

    ReplyDelete
  2. Great Tutorial! Thanks! I love Mary Ellen's...love it!

    ReplyDelete

LinkWithin

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...